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Workshop In Tasmania

2012-02-06T20:26:00.002+11:00

I have been working on my projects for a workshop at "The Quilted Crow" in Hobart 3rd March 2012.
It will be held at their shop which is set in an old church, it looks divine, so numbers are limited.
If you are interested in joining us for a day of fun, food and friendship ring the girls ASAP to book your seat.
Here is a peek at part of one of my projects that I will be sharing with you on the day.
All will be revealed on "The Quilted Crows" blog a few weeks before hand.
Hope to see you there.
Cheers for now.
Kerry x

Exciting News.

2012-01-13T09:21:00.001+11:00

I had some exciting news just before Christmas...."I AM GOING TO BE A GRANNY" for the first time. How exciting is that.....lol.
My beautiful son Ian and his gorgeous wife Megan are due in June.
I hear being a granny is fantastic and can hardly wait. You can spoil them, then hand them back.
I saw this cute moose after I found out about the baby and couldn't resist it under the Christmas tree. "this child isn't going to be spoilt"....haha.
To all those grannies out there.....Any Tips ?
Cheers
Kerry x

AQM, Flight in Seaplane, Christmas 2011

2012-01-03T16:59:00.004+11:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone
Since my last entry, I have been busy and very slack writing my blog......sorry.
I promised myself that I would write once a week BUT the weeks flyby then turn into months....lol.
So please encourage me with your comments.
I will be having a few giveaways as well, so keep checking in when you have the time.
WHAT HAVE I BEEN UP TO:
AQM:
I did the Australian Quilt Market in November at the Convention Centre in Melbourne.
Thanks to all who dropped in to say hello.

SEAPLANE:
Karen (a dear and patient friend of mine) and I had a wonderful day out early December.
We went for a flight over Melbourne in a seaplane from Williamstown beach. It was Karen's Christmas present from last year from her family. She asked me to go with her. Then my son Beau had the accident on 5/1/2011 so that put it off for 11months. I had forgotten about it BUT she waited until all was well at home before asking me again to join her. How good of her to wait that long. We had a fantastic day out. Williamstown is beautiful. It was worth the wait.

CHRISTMAS EVE:
We did Chris-Kringle with the family Xmas Eve this year so we could all sit down and exchange presents without the rush Christmas Day. To our surprise one of our sisters decided to surprise us all by dressing up as Santa to give out the presents. Complete with a dancing/singing Christmas hat and little helper. We laughed and laughed.....

After the present giving we drove her around town in my convertible to spread the Christmas cheer. The kids loved her....lol.

CHRISTMAS DAY:

We had Christmas Day at my place this year, and what a day to remember.

The sky's opened up with hail the size of golf balls.

We weren't as badly hit as some parts of Melbourne BUT the noise was scary and the cars dented.

They fell like bullets and bounced metres into the air.

It was unreal.

I hope you all had a Christmas to remember (in a good way) and wish you all good health, good luck and hope to see some projects finished in 2012.

I would love to hear how your Christmas went.

Bye for now.

Cheers

Kerry

Workshop Warracknabeal

2011-10-15T18:31:00.032+11:00

The weekend found us in Warracknabeal at a wonderful workshop hosted by the lovely Shirley and Dell from Quilters Harvest.

We were welcomed to Warrack with a homestyle dinner of casseroles and amazing desserts.

Thank- you to Dell and Vic for your gengerous hospitality.

Ladies from far and wide joined us to enjoy two days of food, fun and fabric.

I launched two of my new designs that include 'Birdena' - the pin cushion and scissor keep and a lovely yo-yo shoulder bag (pictured).

It was great to be joined by Viv Robinson from Viv's Creations and Lisa Cantlay from Fig"n"Berry sharing their sewing expertise! The hospitality continued Saturday night when we were taken to the 'Rusty Nail' for dinner. The restaurants history and memorabilia was amazing and impossible to take in one night.

Now there are two attractions to Warrack - the Quilters Harvest and the Rusty Nail!

Heading to Canada & the US.

2011-09-02T18:20:00.000+10:00

My hubby and I are heading overseas this Monday 5th of September.
We had the trip planned BUT put it on hold after Beau's accident... all is great with him now so we have decided to go.
I will try and keep you updated while we are away IF I can get the computer working.
Take care.
Cheers
Kerry
xxx

Out Cruzin Quillow

2011-08-20T11:57:00.004+10:00

What a fantastic day it is out there today....I would love to just sit in the sunshine, read my book with a cuppa to warm my bones...." BUT".... to busy for that...lol.
Here is one of four of my new quilt I have been working on.
It is a quillow for that little "man" in your life.
Pattern available from your favourite patchwork shop soon.
Take care.
Cheers
Kerry

Warracknabeal Workshop

2011-08-12T15:24:00.002+10:00

Just thought I would give you a peek at a tiny section of two of my three my projects for "Quilters Harvest" Retreat in October 2011.

There are still a few places left on the Sunday, so ring the girls and book a seat.
It's a fantastic day of sharing, laughing, eating and you may even get a few stitches done.
Hope to see you there.

Cheers
Kerry x

Gone Mad on YoYo's

2011-08-11T12:38:00.007+10:00

Hello
While most people I know have gone mad on hexagons....including my dear sister Marg. I have gone made on Yo Yo's.
One of the Antique Quilts I brought in Houston a couple of years back was made up of these, it's magnificent. I haven't dared count how many yo yo's it takes to make a quilt COS I wouldn't start it if I knew that. lol.

Here is a picture of only a tiny pile I have made.
Between you and me I shouldn't even be doing these as I have a hand pieced quilt to finish for my sister Marg's 50th Birthday in 2013 BUT just can't help myself.,
Anyone else out there addicted ?
I would love to hear from you.
Cheers
Kerry x

Work Shops

2011-08-11T12:11:00.010+10:00

Hi everyone.
I have been up to
Shepparton "Anam Cara Patchwork Shop" ,
Cohuna "Quilting Group",
Geelong "The Blanket Box" ,
Horsham "Quilting Group" and
Warracknabeal "Quilters Harvest"
teaching my fabric painting. I have had a fantastic time at each place meeting lots of new ladies and a few old Friends I have meet before in classes elsewhere.

"Eliza"

One of the ladies at Quilters Harvest was painting one of my 1st designs
"Eliza". I was thrilled to see that old design is still around.
I am just excited waiting on two of my four new quillow designs to come back from my quilting friend Vivienne "The Passionate Quilter" in Gordon.
I will then only have to take photo's for the front covers and they are done.
One for the little boys called
"Out Cruzin".
One for the little girls called
"Secret Garden".
One for the new babies called
"Hugs & Kisses"
this pattern will have 2 patterns in one. Boy & Girl design.
I will update the photos as soon as they are done.
Until Then Take Care.
Cheers
Kerry x

Happy Mothers Day

2011-05-08T12:19:00.003+10:00

Happy Mothers Day to all the mums out there.
Take it easy today, put your feet up and enjoy.
I am off to my son Ian & Megan's house for a BBQ lunch then home to spend the evening with my sister Marg & her family, as our mum passed away in 1977.
Let me know what you all get up to for the day, I would love to know.
Cheers Kerry.

Happy Easter

2011-05-08T12:15:00.001+10:00

I Hope you all had a wonderful easter.
Cheers
Kerry

Workshop & Classes for the coming year ...."so far"

2011-04-15T16:37:00.010+10:00

I was taking this year off after Beau's accident and had to cancel a few classes earlier in the year BUT.....things change.

So much for my year off !! Somehow I seem to be busier than usual! Beau is home and well on the road to recovery so I am back in business. So here's some of the 'events' coming up:

* April 8th - Class at The Blanket Box - Geelong. I had nine wonderful ladies in my class. Thanks girls for being so understanding and your patience from the cancelled class way back when.
* May 7th - Class at AnamCara Patchwork Shop - Shepparton.
* May 20th - Echuca weekend with my beautiful sister & niece. We are going away to be pampered for a couple of days, pedicures & massages, just what the doctor orderes....haha. Can't wait.
* May 24th -Workshop with the Horsham Patchwork Group.
* May 28th - Workshop with the Hamilton Patchwork group. "Date to be confirmed.
* June 3rd - Class back at the The Blanket Box - Geelong
* June 11th - Weekend in Warrnambool for my other sister 'Vicky's' 50th Birthday....Can't tell you what we are making her in case she is listening...haha...
* June 18/19th - Workshop at Cohuna Patchwork Group. I was lucky enough to be invited back for the 2nd year in a row. I had a fantastic weekend last year up there and am so looking forward to returning.
* June 24/25/26th - Sunnystones sit n sew - Bacchus Marsh. This weekend is run by a dear friend of mine Vivienne & her daughter Lou, 25 women gather to sew, eat, drink and relax. A great weekend to finish off some of my new designs and start some new one.... that is the plan.
* July 2nd - Warracknabeal Quilters Harvest.
* August - Off on a road trip to NSW with 'Marg' my sister.
* September - Overseas with 'dear' husband! On the rocky mountain train....Yippee.
* October 8th -Workshop at Warracknabeal Quilters Harvest.
* November - Wholesale Market in Melbourne.
Right now I'm here with my sewing circle of friends after a day at the Quilt Show in Melbourne. Of course we get all inspired and start some new projects!! More UFO's!!
Until next time.
Cheers
Kerry

New Projects

2011-03-24T21:04:00.017+11:00

Hello,

I know I promised two weeks ago to share my latest projects, but life gets in the way!! Finally I can show you some pictures of the projects, what they shall be will remain a secret until finished.

It feels good to be sewing again and spending some time with my friends, although at times our sewing circle is sometimes a sewing triangle!! It seems harder for us all to get together.

This weekend my sister and I will visit the quilt show in Ballan and

look forward to seeing the new Mill Rose Cottage patchwork shop, I have seen the building renovations and it looks awesome. The classroom is fantastic and I look forward to teaching classes there in the near future.

My gorgeous sister surprised me tonight with a beautiful framed piece made up of 7/8 inch grandmothers garden blocks. There is one block for each day that we sat together and stitched while we waited for our beautiful boy to wake up and one each for emotion/feeling that we shared. I wouldn't have made it through without her support. We cried, laughed and stitched together. Cheers for now....Kerry x

MIA

2011-03-10T19:28:00.003+11:00

MIA

Apologies for my absence since christmas but our year got off to a rocky start when my middle 'baby' had a bad car accident in early January and we have only just come home. I have spent every day for 8 weeks at the hospital and between the stress and travel I have not had time for sewing or anything related! We are fortunate that Beau is making a great recovery, but as the doctors never ceased to tell me 'its a long road'!! He amazingly still looks like him even though he broke every bone in his face and is now full of metal; he has some deficits in his memory from post traumatic amnesia and a damaged shoulder. We still have doctors appointments and rehab nearly every day of the week but we are home and getting on with things and for this we are grateful. We are going to celebrate the New Year from March 1st - the day Beau came home!

Sitting at the hospital I did have my sketch book with me and started designing a few new projects. I am going back to my sisters tonight to my sewing circle so as soon as I get a bit of stitching done I'll share a snippet with you. Hopefully within the next few days. So until take care.

Cheers

Kerry

Merry Christmas

2010-12-22T10:59:00.002+11:00

Hi everyone.

Can you believe its Christmas again already.

I hope you all have a wonderful day and a fantastic 2011.

Be good and stay safe.

Catch up in the New Year.

My New Years resolution is to have a chat once a week at least...lol....But you have to chat back and encourage me...lol.

Cheers

Kerry

xxx

New Quilt in the making.

2010-09-26T21:32:00.004+10:00

Hi Everyone.

I have nearly complete my new quilt with the tiny hexagons in it.

Here is a picture of part of the near completed quilt, it is off at the quilters at the moment waiting for Vivienne's qulting machine to be free then I am going up to her place to help with the quilting....now that will be different for me. I usually only work on the quilt tops BUT she wants me to help with this one....I will have to tell you how I go and if I like doing it ...lol.

Here it is ....

Cheers

Kerry

xxx

Cohuna & Warrnambool

2010-07-21T15:56:00.031+10:00

"Cohuna"
Hope you are all fine.

I have been busy with a couple of workshops over the last few weeks, one up in the country at Cohuna and the other one down the beach at Warrnambool.

Cohuna was a fantastic weekend gathering of approximately 90 like minded women. With the home-made food and the friendly country women it was the makings of a great 2 days. There were 4 of us teaching a variety of different techniques, Robyn Falloon, Annette Blake & Lessa Siegele.I was teaching my speciality, fabric painting. The girls all did a brilliant job of their chosen panels, picking and mixing different colours to match their fabrics.
Great job girls!!!!!

"Warrnambool"
My sister Marg & her 2 boys, Oliver & Jonah came with me to

Warrnambool for the weekend.
I had a great day on the Saturday with 8 very enthusiast students

at Fragrant Cotta ge. Thanks girls for your patience & great sense

of humour on the day. A good day in the end had by all
On the Sunday myself, Marg & her boys spent a day exploring Port Fairy. I have been down that way numerous times BUT have never had a good look around, so we parked the car & walked. We walked along the river down to the beach, in & out of the shops and finished with coffee & cake. (which we didn't really need) lol... Then back to Warrnambool to our other sister's for a lovely roast dinner.
Thanks Vic it was yummy ...

"The Light House at Port Fairy"

I will tell you all about my great weekend up at

"Sunny Stones" in the next few days, until then take care.

Cheers Kerry
xxx

Sydney Wholesale Market

2010-06-29T20:50:00.006+10:00

My sister Marg & I heading off on a road trip up to Sydney to the QCE Wholesale Market earlier this month. We got lost only an hour from home, so it wasn't a good start....lol. we had a GPS in the car also BUT that didn't help. We rang the hubby who got us back on track, then headed across to Kilmore, Broadford then up the Hume highway and on our way in the right direction lol. The first stop being "Stonleigh" Patchwork shop in Wodonga. Brought a little bit of fabric to start a small project while we were away. Stopped for lunch and a cuppa with my hubby at Yass on his way home from Newcastle, arriving in Parramatta around 7pm.

We had a lovely 2 days at the show, catching up & meeting with a lot of new and old friends.

Thank you to all the ladies that dropped by to say hello, it's such fun to be surrounded & talking to people with the same interest...I just love it.

Here is a picture of my stand number 59 set up.

I will be at the Melboure AQM in November , so if any of you ladies are there please drop by and introduce yourself to me & Marg, we will be on stand number 11.

Thanks for your help and great company Marg....xxx

Can any one spot my new quilts ?

Cheers from me to You.

Kerry

Roebourne & Perth

2010-06-24T20:50:00.011+10:00

Hi Everybody, hope you are all well.
I have been away over the last month spending a few days catching up with a dear friend Sue and her family in Roebourne WA.

When I left here the temperature was around 14degrees arriving in Roeboune later that day to a HOT 32degrees......it seemed so hot to me but mild to them as the temp in summer reaches up to 50degrees...lol...that why I went in the winter...lol.

Flying in was amazing looking out the window at the landscape below, the dirt is a real red and orange marble effect from the sky, the ghost gumtrees lining the dry river beds, it is so different but beautiful.

Went on a tour of a Rio Tinto iron ore mine, Cape Lambert where Sue's son is an apprentice diesel mechanic which boasts one of the longest and tallest jetty's in Australia....every thing was coated in red dirt...lol

Love the hard hat and goggles...lol..Regulation dress code...lol

I met some of the local artists while I was in Roebourne.

Their paintings were divine and all so different, each with their own style and use of colour.

Sue took me to a kids playground so I could get a picture of me with one of the retired BABY dump trucks they use in the mines up there.

Yep!!!! that's me near the wheel.

Had a great few days up there BUT was glad to be heading down south to Perth to the cooler climate....that heats just no good for the hair style.

Sue came with me to spend a little time and a lot of money in Perth, checking out the patchwork shops, dress shops and the craft show was in town..lol..we ate, slept and spent well...lol...I even brought some knitting needle's and wool to knit a scarf...We had a ball.

Perth is such a beautiful quiet city. I fell in love with the mosaic and Morton Bay Fig trees in King's Park....came home on a mission to buy and plant one BUT haven't yet....I know I will never live long enough to see it grow BUT my great great grand kids can enjoy or curse me for planting it ....lol.
Took the train down to Freemantle for the day, came back via a river cruise, had a pedicure and hot rock massage....now that was different, but fantastic. The weather was perfect. We both had a wonderful time.

We have made a pact to meet every two years, so two years from now we are heading to Sydney for a week of retail therapy, food and relaxation.

Below is a picture of Sue having tea and cake at a cafe in Freemantle.

So cheers for now.

Take care

Kerry x

Quiltaid 2010

2010-06-16T09:15:00.003+10:00

I am proud to take part in this wonderful project again this year.
12 designers & 12 great shops.
Quiltaid 2010 will be launched today at Darling Harbour Craft Fair in Sydney, for those of you who will be attending please look out for them and let me know what you think.

My New Quilt Name

2010-05-04T21:16:00.004+10:00

Contgratulations "Ninki"
It was a very hard decision for me to pick just one name BUT in the end I had to go with "Gorgeous Georgia". Every time I look at my quilt I think of my fantastic holiday.
A big "thank you" to you all for your great suggestions.
You are a wonderful, sharing lot out there.
Cheers
Kerry x

P.S. I will be back tomorrow night with a little shared competition. So please visit again as there is a wonderful prize up for grabs.

Thanks for your help.

2010-04-26T21:00:00.005+10:00

Hi everyone.

Thank you sooooooo much for all your wonderful suggestions.

Sometimes it's easy to name a new design then others I

just come up with a blank,

but you have given me so many fantastic names, it is hard to decide on just one.

But !!!! I will let you all know by the end of the week.

Until then.

Take care.

Cheers

Kerry xxx

Help Needed

2010-04-04T22:50:00.003+10:00

Hi everyone.

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter.

The weather here has been just glorious.

I haven't done much over the weekend, just a little designs for a weekend workshop in June, finishing off another quilt which I will give you a peek at in the next couple of days.

What I really need is a little help in naming the last quilt I showed you in the post below.

It has raw edge applique and rows of pieced blocks in very bright rich fabrics as you can see.

I just got it back from the quilter over the weekend and haven't a clue as to what to call it...any ideas?

A free pattern to the winning name......(when I get the pattern complete)...lol

Hope you can help.

Cheers

Kerry

Kookaburra's and New Project

2010-01-31T15:54:00.008+11:00

Hi Everyone

Hope you are all well.

I have a few photos I would like to show you .

Firstly is a picture of my birthday present I got from my hubby a few weeks ago, I just love kookaburra's so when I received this I was over the moon. It's a bird bath with 3 copper kookaburra's sitting on a piece of steel rod. Its looks devine in my garden.

The designer is from Tasmania named Kooper Tasmania, how clever some people are.

Secondly is a sneak preview of my new quilt I have been working on over Christmas.

I brought this bundle of fabric on my trip over seas last year in Atlanta.

It has a big appliqued panel across the top followed by row by row of different patchwork blocks.

I have been checking out fabric for a border. I think I have it right now.

Gee that can be the hardest thing to pick sometimes.

Not a lot of my quilts end up with borders BUT I just felt that this one needed it.

Once I have the borders on off to the quilters. Yippee !!!!!

The pattern should be available in a couple of months.

Take care.

Cheers

Kerry

Big Day

2010-01-10T11:08:00.010+11:00

All the men in my life.....Graham, Ian, Beau and Zac.
My sisters Marg, Vicky, Groom Ian, Bride Megan and me.

Bride's brother Brad, Grooms bothers Zac and Beau, Ian & Megan, Bianca, Kelly & Jess.

My 1st son Ian and our beautiful new daughter in law Megan were married on 8th January 2010.
I was in charge of the boys for the day ...... LOL.

Now that's a was a big job, feeding them, making sure they were dressed on time and keeping them sober LOL...

They were all well behaved and looked sooooooooooo handsome I couldn't stop crying.

They were married in the gardens in Daylesford at "Saults" lavender farm.

The lavender was out and made a beautiful back drop for the photos.

All went well and a great day had by all.

I have 3 sons, so 1 down 2 to go LOL.

Cheers
Kerry My 3 sons .

Merry Christmas Giveaway

2009-12-24T20:56:00.008+11:00

Hi everyone
Because I have been soooooo slack on updating my blog I wish to reward you with a giveaway of my Christmas Quilt pattern "All My Santa's" to one lucky winner so you will have plenty of time to make it for next Christmas. lol.

All you have to do is tell us what was the best part of your Christmas Day.
Closing date is the 31st of December 2009.

If you mention my giveaway on your blog, I will enter you for a second chance.

Thank you all for your lovely comments, visits and emails over the last year.

Merry Christmas and all the best for 2010.
Cheers

Kerry

Altanta

2009-11-28T13:54:00.003+11:00

We had an uneventful flight to Atlanta, and settled into our beautiful historic hotel on the 18th floor in the middle of town for the next 2 days.

Can you believe after Houston we still managed to visit 4 quilt shops in the area and found something to buy at 3 of them lol.

Visited the beautiful botanical gardens where they had a scarecrow exhibition, it was just fantastic.

Headed off to Savannah stopping at the "Whistlestop Cafe" for fried green tomatoes for lunch, it was soooo pretty driving off the main highways.

Arrived at Savannah just on dusk, it looked amazing, big oak trees backlit by lanterns with Spanish moss hanging from them. It was so interesting as it is such an old city, there are no tall buildings, maybe 14 stories would be the highest.
Our hotel room is a lovely corner room with balcony and a view of a beautiful church across the road.

Please visit again soon as went stopped off at Moultie and then on to New Orleans.

I will have to bore you with a few pictures from the AQM in Melbourne a couple of weekends ago in between my trip.

Well I better move as I am in the designing mood and have started a new project this morning. Will give you a peek prview of that as soon as I have something to show you in colour...lol.

Take care chat soon.

Cheers

Kerry x

Houston

2009-11-14T22:35:00.006+11:00

Hi Everyone

We finally made it to Houston.

OMG What a fair !!!!!!! HUGH !!!!!!!

Marg and I arrived Thursday afternoon, dropped off our bags at the the hotel and off to the show. We were there for 4 hrs and only did 2 aisles.

Spent all day Friday and Saturday spending up BIG....OMG....the antique quilt stands, there would be at least 8 of them with a variety of quilts and prices.

Marg ended up with 2 gorgeous 1930's quilts and I ended up buying 3 ,the price on the Suffolk puff quilt, I just couldn't walk away, two were 1930's and one a 1890's.

...Yummy...

The Market.

Two of my Antique Quits

Marg in bed with one of her Antique Quilts.

2009-10-13T15:54:00.003+11:00

Hi everyone

Been to Orlando and the Kennedy Space Centre, a road trip down to Miami and Key West.

Miami is HUGH, HOT and HUMID. A very colourful city but way to warm for me.

Down to Key West you go over 42 bridges one being 10mile long, I did count them on the way back...lol. That was well worth the visit, a very cute town.

Flew into Las Vegas staying at Caesars Palace on the 22nd floor over looking the pool area, 7 pools all different shapes and sizes.

Saw "Cher" and "O" shows and took a helicopter ride down into the Grand Canyon. All amazing'

Down to San Diego, did the zoo, park and sea world. The panda at the zoo was so gorgeous I have posted a picture of him just laying back eating bamboo.

Off to Los Angeles tomorrow.

My sister arriving here Wednesday morning,so packing my hubby for home Wednesday night,

Sis and I will be flying to Houston Quilt Market for 3 days....

So until next time take care.

Cheers

Kerry

We made it to the USA.

2009-10-04T12:57:00.003+11:00

Hi everyone.

I am sitting in a hotel in Orlando as I speak. Ahh !!!!!!

Graham and I arrived in Los Angeles safely on Thursday morning arriving 1 hour earlier then scheduled as we had a good tail wind as a result of the tsunami, so the captain said.

The flight was fine and not near as bad as I thought it would be, I just sat back and enjoyed watching a few movies, reading my book and had a nannying nap.lol.

After arriving at the motel in LA for the night we jumped onto a tour bus of downtown LA, through Beverly Hills, Rodeo Drive, The Grove, Hollywood, Chinese Theatre, Walk of Fame, Sunset Strip, Venice Beach (we were a little early to see all the muscles...dam...lol) then to the Farmers Market for a light lunch then back to the motel to bed as the jet lag was catching up with us.

We caught an earlier flight out Friday morning to Orlando.

Had a quick look around the Disney Market last night, what an amazing place for kids, then over to Kennedy Space Station today, it was well worth the visit BUT how amazing would it be to actually be there when they launched one of those space shuttles....now that would be a day to remember,amazing.!!!!

Off to Miami tomorrow by car for a few days, one of those days spent driving down to

Keys West.

Well I better sign off before I bore you all to tears...lol.

Will keep you up to date. I will add a few photos the next time, so until then take care.

Cheers

Kerry x

Not long to go now.

2009-09-19T14:14:00.003+10:00

Hi every one.

I hope you like the look of my blog....lol...

I was over the black look and have lightened up in both the over all look of my blog and my new designs as you can view down the page....lol.

I am off to America on the 1st of October for a month on holidays, I will spend the 1st 2 weeks touring around Orlando, Miami, Las Vegas, San Diego and Los Angeles with my hubby then I pack him on a plane for home and greet my sister in crime for another 2 weeks !!! yippee !!!.

Marg and I will be spending up big at the Houston Quilt Market for 3 days then fly up to Atlanta and work our way back down through Moultrie and New Orleans.

I am getting very excited and nervous at the same time....

I am taking my laptop with me and hope to find the time to keep you informed with photos of my trip.

This has been in the planning for over a year and an extension of my 50th birthday in January....what a year and what a birthday, wonder what they have planned for my next one...lol.. this will be hard to beat.

Please take the time to scroll down and have a look at my latest designs and what I have been up to.

Take care until next time.

Cheers Kerry

xxx

12 more sleeps.....OMG.....lol

Warrnambool Workshop

2009-09-19T13:49:00.007+10:00

Once again I spent the weekend down at Fragrant Cottage in Warrnambool doing "All My Santa's" Quilt Christmas Workshop with a great bunch of ladies.

On the Saturday we did fabric painting on the top panel of my quilt, Sunday the Applique trees in varies forms of Applique.

My passion is needle turn applique which is very time consuming, so it was very interesting to see the ladies whipping up their blocks on the sewing machine using blanket stitch applique and a "little" raw edge applique.

On the way home from Warrnambool between Camperdown and Colac I just had to stop and take a photo of the "Dry Rocks Walls" which run for miles along the sides of the road edging the paddocks.

I know all you crafty people out there can appreciate the skill, time and labour in these beautiful fences.

New Projects

2009-09-19T13:26:00.009+10:00

"Cuppillar"

To your left.
I have finally finished stitching the last in my bed runner series and sent it off to the quilters.

"Birds of Paradise"

Thanks to the ladies who helped in the naming of this quilt, the birds are appliqued on last so its a fun bright, cheery, easy quilt to make.

Hope you like it .

"Ducks on Parade"

In this quilt there are nine appliqued and stitched ducks in 5 different styles

and colours. Once again its a funky, bright, fun quilt to do.

They are both at the quilters and will be launched at the AQM in November in Melbourne.

Workshop

2009-08-04T13:31:00.004+10:00

A couple of different projects we worked on.
All working hard...lol.. I had the whip out.

Hi everyone.
What a cold & windy old day today. I have been busy doing the bookwork today for our other "Real" business !Yuk! I hate bookwork but it does help pay the bills I suppose...lol.

While I am on my break, thought I would pop in here and show you a couple of pictures from a workshop I did on the weekend with a great bunch of ladies in Ballarat called the "Sew & Sew's". I had 15 ladies in a class doing fabric painting on a variety of different projects. They all completed their projects and were very surprised how easy and what fun it is to do.

Heading down to Warrnambool this weekend for a workshop at "Fragrant Cottage" . We will be doing "All My Santa's" quilt.

I will post a few pictures next week from my weekend at Warrnambool.

Until then, take care.

All Done.

2009-08-04T13:25:00.003+10:00

I have finally finished my Cup Cake Cushion pattern.
What do you think.

New Project

2009-07-30T08:24:00.006+10:00

There will be a number of my applique birds in varies colours featured in a quilt. ....No Name Yet......

"All Aboard"

"Cup Cake Cushion"

Here are a few of my new designs that I have been working on over the last few months.

They are all "nearly" ready for the pattern writing stage.

What do you think.

I have named 2 of the 3 projects, any idea's for the bright bird quilt ?

The Winners Are :-

2009-07-30T08:06:00.002+10:00

...............Drum Roll.................

Congratulations to

Cora

Kerry

& Sandy

Thank you to all that entered my giveaway and your interest in my designs and visits to my blog.

Good luck for my next giveaway.

To the ladies who have won please email me your addresses and I will pop your pattern in the post.

Giveaway

2009-07-24T21:30:00.005+10:00

Time for a little giveaway.

Just leave me a comment and mention the giveaway on "your blog" for an extra chance at winning my latest design "Birds & Bow Bed Topper" pattern.

I will be giving 3 patterns away so tell all your friends.

I will give you until next Wednesday the 29th July 2009.

Good Luck !!!!

Went to the Melbourne Stitches Show today with my sister forters for a hand applique ilt I am working on) and lunched at the crown casinJust Bliss.

I would love to hear from anyone that has been and what they thought of the fabulous quilts I saw today, "Amazing".

Quilt Aid BOM

2009-06-25T11:38:00.004+10:00

Hi everyone.

I am very pleased to have participated in a combined Block of the Month with 11 other Australian Designs for a Charity Project for World Vision Addis Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia.
There are 12 stores involved in this project each supplying just 1 of the 12 blocks.

My block went to the lovely shop"The Stitching Post" in Katoomba.

For further information on how the BOM runs and where you can purchase each block please visit Quiltaid .
Each shop has finished the quilt differently, so make sure you visit the quilt gallery, they are all finished off beautifully.
I hope you enjoy making my block as much as I enjoyed designing it.
Cheer

Kerry

New Design Nearly Done

2009-04-24T21:11:00.006+10:00

Hi Everyone.

Hope you are all well.

I have been busy doing a little stitching, designing, teaching a few fabric painting classes in Geelong for Glenda at "A Little Different"and doing a short grahic design course in the city which I am enjoying immensely.

This year I decided to take it easy from tutoring as I was soooooo busy last year and felt like I was never home, so far it is going to plan....lol....

Earlier this year I was asked if I would like to be a part of a Charity BOM with 11 other great designers, the concept and final design will be out in a couple of months BUT will keep you all posted....

It is all very exciting.

Now getting back to my heading...lol....

I have "nearly" finished my bed topper, "boy" !!!!! I have had fun deciding on the patchwork design and the fabric to complement the painting...this was my second lot of fabric, I hope you like it....

Please let me know what you think.?

I still have to sew the borders to the centre piece and finish a little applique to the corners, then the quilting.

Next week I will give you a look at part of my NEW DESIGN for the little man in your life.....Trains, Bears, Toys & Soldiers another design in my

Bed Topper range.

Hope you all have a great weekend and looking forward to

hearing from you and what you have been up to.

Cheers

Kerry x

New Working Web Site

2009-03-24T07:19:00.003+11:00

Hi Everyone.

After all these months of my web site not working....it will go live today and in full working order.

You can view all my latest projects there.

YIPPEE

Hope to see you there.

Have a great day.

Cheers

Kerry

Big Birthday

2009-03-14T12:12:00.007+11:00

...I am the old girl in the middle.....
..... My hand stitched quilt with 1006 pieces.....

.....My cake.....can you guess how many cakes ?.....
....BOO HOO....
I have had a big birthday since I spoke to you all last.. that's my excuse for not writing as I am getting old and slowing down....lol.
I had the best birthday ever though I have to say.
I celebrated it at my favourite French restaurant in Geelong called Le Parisien with my family and a few close friends.
Company, cards and gifts to remember my day forever.
The weather was perfect, my cake divine and a hand stitched quilt from my beautiful little sister, 1006 pieces she has written on the label on the back of the quilt to remind me "how much she loves me" she said....lol.
...It was the best...

My New Design

2009-03-14T11:57:00.004+11:00

..... A section of my new bed topper.....

Hi everyone.

Hope this post finds you all well and stitching madly.

It's raining here today, what a beautiful sight it is when you haven't seen rain for as long as we have.......even the garden is smiling.

Here is a small section of my new project, it's a painted and stitched panel for a queen bed topper or runner whichever you like to call it, I haven't completed the patchwork part of it yet as I haven't found the right fabric BUT when I do you will be the first one to view it.

Let me know what you think of the panel so far please.

Have a good one.

Cheers

Kerry

New Design.

2009-02-02T14:47:00.002+11:00

I have been working on a few new designs for the coming year....will give you a sneek preview over the next couple of days.

Take care.

Cheers

Kerry.

What have you all been up to !!!!!!!!

2009-02-02T14:16:00.008+11:00

...Helicopter ride over Nelson Bay...

...Road between Sydney & Newcastle...

...Nelson Bay...

... Mosaics at Portland...
Welcome to the new year......
It has started in fast forward hasn't it with January already gone.
I have been busy, what about you ? I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas day with your families as I did.
On Boxing day my hubby and I heading down to Portland for a couple of days....have a look at the gorgeous mosaics I found down on the water front....not sure who did the work on it but it is amazing .
The week after the new year we headed off again to spend a few nights in Sydney, Nelson Bay & Newcastle.
The amazing road cut through rock between Sydney and Newcastle was unreal.
Had a helicopter ride over Nelson Bay...well worth the money if you are ever up that way.
Then back to Sydney to share the hotel with the tennis stars.
Saw a few tennis players BUT not sure who they were as I don't follow the tennis...lol...dam...

...Let me know what you have all been up to...

Happy New Year

2008-12-31T09:13:00.003+11:00

Another year gone !!!!! Can you believe it ?

I hope you all have a wonderful night tonight whatever you may do....

I wish you all good health , happiness and hope you finish off a few of those started projects in the new year ...lol

So "HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL".

Cheers

Kerry xxx

The Winner is .......

2008-12-19T23:08:00.004+11:00

"CONGRATULATIONS" To

Lissa Jane

Thanks to all who left their lovely comments.

Wishing you all a Very Merry Christmas & all the Best for 2009.

Cheers

Kerry xxx

Christmas Giveaway

2008-12-12T10:18:00.008+11:00

"Santa's Toys"

"Christmas Ball"

"Santa's Surprise Sack"

" Moosey Bottle Bag"

Hi Everyone.

Here are a few of my new Christmas projects.

All you need to do is tell me which pattern you would like to win and who you would love to make my project for.....easy as that...

I know it's to late for this year BUT at least you will have a real early start on Christmas 2009...loll.

Closing date for my giveaway will be the 19th of December 2008.

If you mention my giveaway on your blog I will entry you for a second chance...So good luck to you all.

Can't wait to hear form you.

Cheers

Kerry

All My Santa's Quilt

2008-11-27T16:21:00.003+11:00

Here is a photo of my latest quilt pattern.

I called it "All My Santa's" as the different Santa's I have designed over the years modelled for my quilt panel.

The name of the Santa's in the quilt are

Santa & His Snowmen,

Santa & Moosey,

Santa's Gifts,

Santa & Snowie.

I had so much fun painting and stitching the panel BUT I nearlly ran out of time to complete it for the AQM....so I called on my beautiful little sister Marg to help me with the applique blocks.....lol...in the end she completed three quarter of the blocks for me....so a big thank you to her xxx

A dear Friend of mine picked it up on the Monday afternoon and had it back to me Tuesday night quilted......a job well done...thanks ...

So as you can just see in the picture below it made it to the fair...

Workshops

2008-11-26T22:31:00.004+11:00

My Stand at the AQM.

I have been busy busy busy!!!!!

I have been to Bendigo, Warrnambool & over to Tassie in the last month tutoring. What a ball I have had meeting with the most lovely ladies, I am very lucky to be able to do what I do.

I had my dear friend Paul that I told you about that I had lost contact with down on holidays for a week....we had a wonderful time catching up and will see him again when we head to Sydney for a few days over Christmas.

I had the AQM (Australian Wholesale Quilt Market ) 2 weeks ago in Melbourne. I will add a picture of my stand. You will have to let me know what you think of it...loll.. It was my first time on my own there sooooooo I was a little nervous BUT all went well, catching up with shop owners and other tutors I have had the pleasure teaching for and teaching with.

Off to Bendigo again this Friday to teach my latest Santa then back to Warrnambool for a painting fabric class...the last for the year.

Is anyone out there organised for Christmas yet ?... I can assure you I'm not...loll

Cheers for now I better get to bed....hope you have all been well.

Warraknabeal Workshop

2008-11-05T08:00:00.004+11:00

My stand at the Bacchus Marsh Quilt Show.

Hi Everyone.

Hope you are all well.

I have been busy and a tad slow updating my blog...sorry.

Went to Warraknabeal for a workshop back in October, the same weekend the local patchwork group held their quilt exhibition. The local girls asked me to have a stand at their show and of course I said "yes" before I checked my diary.....so I had 2 places to be at on the same weekend didn't I ....lol...BUT a good friend of mine Vivienne came to the rescue and worked the stand at the local show for me on the Saturday.

Gail Pan and I traveled up to Warracknabeal together and had a great weekend.

Yarragon Workshop

2008-10-06T17:30:00.010+11:00

My 3 projects for the weekend.

The patterns are now available.

Santa's Helper.

A Christmas Ball with 4 different painted panels.

Gift Table Placement Bag.

Gail, Viv, Amanda, Me and Natalie.

Some of the ladies hard at work.

What a wonderful day had by all at Candleberry Country's Workshop in Yarragon.

The tutors for the weekend were Amanda, Viv Robinson and Gail Pan.

The venue is a quaint, cosy hall, fantastic food and a bag full of goodies, what more could you want.

All my projects had a small section painted, so I conducted a mini fabric painting class. What fun the ladies had, most were worried that they couldn't paint BUT by the end of the day had their projects done ready for the stitching and very pleased with themselves.

Cheers Kerry x

Harrieteville Weekend

2008-09-24T09:49:00.011+10:00

The hand pieced wheel I did on the weekend.

My friends , Jennifer, Jenny & Wendy.

Magnolia Tree in bloom.

Part of the gardens and hills.

I have been busy and away twice since my last post.I have been up to Harrieteville with 3 friends for a weekend of sewing, eating and chatting.......it was bliss.

I did a hand piecing class with a very talented girl named Yelena, she has a patchwork shop in Beechworth.

The setting where we stayed is just gorgeous, surrounded by hills and the gardens superb.

The winner is....

2008-09-11T07:57:00.003+10:00

"Congratulations" to Quilterpolly.

Thank you to all the ladies who entered my little competition, I just love reading your stories......some made me cry some made me laugh BUT they all had a happy ending. "Fantastic". Thanks for sharing.

I am off to Harrietville for a weekend of sewing...will tell you all about it on my return.

Until then have a wonderful day.

Kerry xx

Giveaway

2008-08-24T17:47:00.006+10:00

... A view form our room in Sydney...

Back home from Sydney and what a wonderful time we had.
Arrived on the Saturday morning, had lunch then a massage.....ummmmm. that's the life....lol.

Went to the "Cirque Du Soleil" while we were up there....what a fantastic show, if you ever get the chance to go it is well worth it.

Caught up with some dear friends of ours, Paul, John and sister in law Denise. Had dinner on the Saturday night, at John and Denise's fabulous renovated 3 story warehouse apartment 10 minutes form the heart of Sydney.

We lost touch with Paul and his family about 10 years back when he moved to Sydney. He googled my name and found me again....what wonderful things computers are.

If any of you have a story about finding old friends or relatives on the computer I would love to hear from you.

I will be giving away 1 of my "Memory" patterns as a prize.

The finishing date for this giveaway will be Thursday the 12th of September.

(mention my giveaway on your blog to get an extra entry).

Can't wait to hear from you.

Gold Coast

2008-08-13T08:35:00.006+10:00

Hi.

I am just back from the Gold Coast, spent a few days up there with a friend of mine and her son while our men were on a car rally up through the middle of Australia.

The weather was beautiful, warm in the day, cold at night, just how I like it.

I did get a little sewing done while I was up there for the coming workshop in Yarragon. I will have to give you a peek of my projects over the next few days....so stay tuned...lol.

One day we went out whale watching....I felt as if the whales were playing hide and seek that day.Here is a picture of the back of 2 of the whale's that we saw.

We also went up to the new "Q Deck" while we were there...Boy!!!!! what an amazing view. It was well worth the visit.

What I have been up to.....

2008-08-06T19:02:00.007+10:00

Hi everyone.

I have been flat out since my last post.

I did a Christmas in July fabric painting workshop at Pentland Patchwork, the local patchwork shop. We all had a wonderful day.

Thanks to a friend of mine Bernadette for the extra help and set of hands.

Another class I held was for a group of ladies from Bendigo. They rent a house in Dalesford and have for the last 2 years, they invited me up there for the day to show them how to do a little fabric painting and water colour pencils, what fun we had.

They would have completed 4 projects each, so they do have a little stitching to do over the next few months.

I still have a few workshops coming up in the next few months.

September in Yarragon.

October in Warrnambool and Warracknabeal.

November the AQM.

December back at Warrnambool.

If you would like to know more about these workshops or would be interested in coming please just contact me.

Forgot to show you these.

2008-07-23T19:20:00.003+10:00

Sorry but I had forgotten to show you the projects that I made for Evandale workshop.

So here they are......

Antique Quilt

2008-07-21T10:00:00.003+10:00

I finally picked up my antique quilt while I was over in Tasmania.

...It's just gorgeous....

What do you think?

It was made in the 1930's and has over 3500 pieces of fabric in the tiny triangles. The wadding is sooooooooo fine it's nearly none existent.

Evandale Workshop July 2008

2008-07-18T13:29:00.010+10:00

Hi everyone.
I am home from Tasmania.

What a wonderful few days I had over there.

My sister Marg and I flew into Hobart on the Wednesday afternoon.

I spent Thursday with the girls at "The Quilted Crow" then drove down to Launceston Thursday night.

Friday morning was spend setting up the hall...

"Saturday" the "Big" Day.

All 70 ladies and tutors had a wonderful time.

The tutors on the day were :- Vivienne Roberson, Brenda Ryan, Joy and myself.

I even had the time to caught up with Lillian from "Esme's" in Kings Meadows on the Friday afternoon.

Sunny Stones Retreat

2008-07-18T13:10:00.007+10:00

My few days are up at "Sunny Stones" retreat was fantastic....only 10 minutes from home....lol.....BUT what a way to spend the weekend...with great company, sewing, reading, drinking and eating.

Vivienne (a good friend of mine) and her daughter Lou organise the weekend every year for a small group of sewing friends.

We arrive on the Friday afternoon and don't leave the place until the mid- day Sunday.

We all get a goodie bag full of surprises and giveaways all weekend.

The theme this year was "Pink" so we all had to dress in pink for dinner on the Saturday night....

As you can see in the above photos...."Dame Edna" graced us with her company....lol.

The new name for my quilt is.........

2008-07-18T13:08:00.002+10:00

THE TOY SHELF

"LET'S PARTY"

Thanks Everyone.

2008-07-09T21:51:00.002+10:00

I'd like to thank those who gave suggestions for naming my new quilt.

I will let you know within the coming week what name I decided upon.

Cheers

Kerry

It's time to help me with a name.

2008-07-03T18:33:00.004+10:00

Hi everyone.

I have nearly finished my quilt, just need to add the borders!!

Now I need a name.
Put on your thinking caps and send in your ideas. Sorry for the urgency but I need a name by Tuesday 8th July, before I head off to Tassie.

Which ever name I love will be the winner of a "free" pattern of the quilt.

Thanks for your support.

I am really looking forward to see what you can come up with!

New Design

2008-06-24T17:31:00.008+10:00

Hi Everyone

Hope you are all well.

I have been busy working on a new design ..... not sure what to call it yet BUT am sure something will come to me before I finish it.

It has a big painted then stitched panel across the width of the quilt...I will give you a peek at each end of the design today and the middle section in a couple of days when I do a bit more of the stitching.

I am going away with a group of ladies this weekend called "quilters of the big room" to a local retreat. So I will take my panel and the patchwork section to work on in "peace" for a couple of days and hopefully nearly complete it.

I may even call upon you ladies to help with the naming of my quilt if I can't come up with something.....maybe a pattern of the quilt as the prize....ummmmm. sounds like a good idea......watch my site over the new couple of weeks to see the finished project and see what you can come up with.

Until then take care.

Cheers

Kerry xx

A sneak preview.

2008-06-12T14:38:00.009+10:00

Here is a sneak preview of 2 of the projects I have designed for the Evandale workshop.

If you and your friends are free on the 12th of July and interested in attending our workshop, just contact me at myfavoritethings@iprimus.com.au or Chris at ctdearden@optusnet.com.au for a discount on group bookings.
With cheap airfares, why not spoil yourselves to a full day of sewing.
All inclusive, a bag of goodies, high tea, roast luncheon followed by devonshire tea.
There wil be 4 tutors in attendance, Brenda Ryan, Vivian Robinson, Christine Book and me.
Hope to see you there.

2008-06-10T07:49:00.004+10:00

Hi everyone.

I hope you all had a great weekend....

I have been busy over the last few weeks designing and stitching a few new projects for a workshop in Tasmania in July.

"Heritage Day in Evandale"

It's set in a gorgeous historical town called Evandale, just 15 minutes out of Launceston......the town is full of history, B&B's, antique shops, bakery and a great pub for dinner, there is a small country market every Sunday morning up the main street.

Over the next few days I will give you a peck at the projects I have made for the ladies attending.

Have a great day.....

Visiting Perth.

2008-05-28T21:22:00.012+10:00

!!!!! Hi everyone !!!!!

I'm back........What a wonderful time I had in Perth.

Sue meet me at the airport and took me back to our lovely apartment right in the heart of the city which we called "home" for the next week.

We sat up until 1.30am the first night (which was 3.30am to me, my home time) catching up and planning our coming week.

The 1st day we spent at the "Stitches & Craft" show, there were some amazing quilts in the quilt display.

We went fabric, clothes, shoe, ball gown (for Sue), bag and watch shopping...lol...

We had a deluxe pedicure and reflexology massage on our sore feet...(after all that shopping) at "Revive Day Spa" what a fantastic treat that was.

We totally spoiled ourselves for the week.

Went on a night tour of Perth & Freemantle, stopping at "Ciccerello's" number 1 in fish & chips.

If you ever get the chance to visit Perth...go...it's a clean, beautiful City.

This cocky was painted on calico then machined stitched.

...Amazing...

Sue and I at "Ciccerello's"

A view from our apartment window. You could "almost" say we had a water view.....lol.....

The Swan River.These are some of the beautiful fabrics I brought while I was in Perth.

The blue pile is to make a new quilt for my middle son Beaus bed.I brought these from a gorgeous shop in Mosman Park called "Calico & Ivy".

The other lot are my my Dear Jane Quilt collection, civil war fabric from "Carols of Midland", one of the largest patchwork shops in Perth.

It was well worth the visit.

Congratulations to:-

2008-05-18T19:00:00.005+10:00

"Angie" Norththreads...... "CONGRATULATIONS" Angie, you are the winner of my Mother's Day giveaway.

I would like thank once again "ALL" the ladies who shared their special day with us.....

It's a hard, but rewarding job being a mother.

************

I am heading to Perth on Tuesday to spend some time with a dear friend of mine "Sue".

We will be going to the Craft show while I'm there, so pop in again soon for a look at what I brought and what we get up to .....loll.

Until then...take care.

Cheers

Kerry

*************

If any one is interested in purchasing any of my patterns, you can either contact me directly (overseas customers only) or contact one of the shops that stock my patterns .

Not long to go.....

2008-05-17T08:50:00.004+10:00

Thanks to everyone out there, that has taken the time to share your Mother's Day with us.

Being a mother is a very "special" job, so everyday is Mother's day really.

Good luck to you all, only 1 day to go then I will contact the winner via email if you have 1, then post it on the front page.

Good luck to you all.

Kerry x

Mothers Day Giveaway

2008-05-12T09:30:00.006+10:00

Its Monday morning and time for our "giveaway" to begin.

I have chosen 2 patterns shown above for the prize, you have a choice of either. Both patterns seemed to suit the occasion "Fresh Flowers" cushion and "Dimples & Harry" a mother & son.

As I just loved hearing all your stories about Antiques quilts, whether you had one or not was just so lovely.

All you need you to do is leave a comment to share with us , what you did for Mother's Day (and mention my giveaway on your blog to get an extra entry) to be in the draw for a free pattern of your choice from the above 2.

Entries close Sunday 19th May.

Good Luck

Kerry

Mothers Day

2008-05-12T09:18:00.003+10:00

I had a lovely Mother's Day roast dinner spend at home with my hubby, our 3 boys (men really) lol...my sister Marg, her hubby and 2 boys.

I got 3 bunches of beautiful flowers, chocolates and new PJ' .

I hope you all had a wonderful day.

Cheers Kerry.

Happy Mothers Day Giveaway

2008-05-09T23:02:00.004+10:00

Come back and visit me on Monday for another chance to win one of my patterns....not sure which pattern...I will surprise you Monday.

Hope all you mums have a wonderful day Sunday.

Cheers

Kerry

Monbulk

2008-05-09T22:46:00.004+10:00

Vivenne, me and Karen.
I was in the Monbulk area on Wednesday and dropped into "Mrs Martins Patchwork Shop".....What a great shop. Well worth the visit if you are ever in the area.
I even caught up with a friend who was stitching with the Wednesday morning sewing group,Vivienne Robinson. I have taught with Viv at a couple of different venues around the country side and again this July in Evandale in Tasmania.
Spend a few hours there, had lunch and left with a fabric goody bag....yummy. Some civil war fabric to add to my stash for my Dear Jane quilt......I have completed 2 squares...well on the way....lol.
Karen the owner made me sooooooooooooo welcome...
Thanks Karen.

A Big Thank You.

2008-05-02T21:28:00.003+10:00

I would like to thank all the ladies you left their comments regarding my NEW blog and stories about their Antique Quilts.....I have had a ball reading them all.

Make sure you visit me again real soon for the next giveaway...

Until then

Cheers

Kerry

The Winner Is.......

2008-05-02T21:24:00.003+10:00

The winner of my pattern

"Vintage Floral Dishes"

is Sherry from the United States.

Congratulations Sherry

I hope you enjoy making my quilt as much as I did creating it.

Cheers Kerry

Antique Quilts

2008-04-23T22:33:00.010+10:00

Free Pattern Give Away:

My sister "Marg" and I arrived in Hobart on the Friday morning before the Autumn Gathering.

We stopped off at The Quilted Crow patchwork shop, which proved to be an expensive exercise as we both ended up purchasing an Antique Quilt each....ahhhhhhh !!!!!!!!!!!!

We were helping the girls move a few things around the shop when we fell in love with them....they feel sooooo good...so soft....the hand piecing and hand quilting on them is amazing.

I will post a picture of my quilt for you to see when I get if off lay-by...lol

Have any of you ladies got 1 or maybe 2 antique quilts ?

I would love to hear from you.

Leave a comment (and mention my giveaway on your blog to get an extra entry) to be in the draw for a free pattern .

Good Luck...

Cheers Kerry

Autumn Gathering

2008-04-23T22:01:00.008+10:00

Here we are at the Autumn gathering.

From the left is Lynette Anderson, from Queensland
Leonie & Deirdre from The Quilted Crow and yours truly .....

What a great day had by all.

I meet up again with a few familiar faces and had the pleasure to meet a lot more like minded craft women.

This is the Hall all decked out for the 70 lovely ladies booked in for a wondering day of chatting, sewing, sharing and feasting on the delicious food the girls organised for the day.
The bags on the tables were full of goodies and a few surprises.

Autumn Gathering

2008-04-23T21:10:00.006+10:00

This is the beautiful "Curries" B&B in Richmond, where the girls from
The Quilted Crow put us up for the weekend.

"Curries" B&B
All that green grass was a lovely sight....they even had the spinkler going.

This is another part of the garden at " Curries" B&B in Richmond.

Life's Treasures & Pleasures

2008-04-20T22:15:00.004+10:00

I have finally finished my Block Of The Month.

"Life's Treasures & Pleasures"

It is a combination of applique and simple stitches.

It's available from me as a pattern pack only.

You can email me for pricing.

Dimple's & Harry

2008-04-15T15:50:00.003+10:00

I would like to introduce my new girl and her little friend "Dimples & Harry" I have just finished them this afternoon. They are made from tea dyed calico, Dimples dress is made from tea dyed cheese cloth.

I am taking her on her first trip to Hobart for my Autumn workshop this weekend.

I will take some photos while I am there and show you next week on my return. Take care. Cheers Kerry

Snowball Season

2008-04-09T19:45:00.003+10:00

This is one of my quilts from last season....I went mad on Snowmen and civil war fabrics in blues and browns.

It is simple stitchery and pinwheel patchwork piecing.

I colour washed the snowmen in fabric paint.

2008-04-09T19:23:00.004+10:00

Hi everyone.
I am so excited. I just got a phone call from my printer this afternoon, my "New" Block Of The Month patterns are nearly complete.

"Life's Treasures & Pleasures"
I should have it together to launch in Hobart at our weekend workshop, on the 19th April.
Here is a sneak preview of one of the blocks.

Wilma

2008-04-05T16:22:00.007+11:00

Wilma was another creation for our Halloween weekend in Hobart.
She has a little companion hanging from her broom....can you spot him.

Witchy Poo & Her Old Crow

2008-04-03T22:13:00.004+11:00

Witchy Poo, I designed for a special Halloween weekend held at "The Quilted Crow" in Hobart. I have painted the crow and witch then sanded back to give an aged worn out look.

A Big Thank You

2008-04-03T21:58:00.002+11:00

I would just like to thank a good friend of mine "Bernadette". She has spent the afternoon teaching me how to add to my blog.....lol...it's wasn't an easy task....BUT I think she has done it ...I have just added a few of my quilts...I hope you enjoy my new enters.
Until tomorrow...good night. Kerry x

Spring Time

2008-04-03T21:46:00.005+11:00

This is another of my simple patchwork and embroidered spring flower quilt. There are 24 stitched blocks.......I just didn't know when to stop.

Vintage Floral Dishes

2008-04-03T21:36:00.005+11:00

This is a scrappy quilt using a big mixture of my scrap civil war fabrics. I have used a combination of floral stitchery and simple patchwork.

Kirby

2008-04-03T15:28:00.004+11:00

This gorgeous little girl is made from tea dyed osnasberg.

Hobart gathering mid-April

2008-04-03T15:08:00.005+11:00

These are a sneak preview of my projects for a gathering in Hobart with the girls from The Quilted Crow.

Honey Bears Flowers and Bees

2008-04-03T14:52:00.006+11:00

This is one of my earlier patterns.

Using country fabrics, stitching and easy piecing.

Hello

2008-03-27T13:04:00.001+11:00

Hello my name is Kerry Gillespie and I am a designer of stitcheries, dolls, bears and quilts.
This is my first blog entry, I am still learning so please be patient with me. Stay tuned for lots of show and tell, I have a lot of patterns I have published and hope to show you.
Kerry's website